STEP SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROSPERITY ANNUAL REPORT 2006

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STEPSOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL
PROSPERITYANNUAL REPORT 2006

• In 2006, Social Transformation Educational
  Prosperity-STEP, entered into sixth year of its
  community sustainable Development.
• There are lot of exposures renewals are
  approached
• Through community based activities.
• The internal and external evaluations
• The sharing of community of local area and STEP
  Members experiences
• The participation with the Local and national
  forums.
• Cooperation and participatory activities with
  grassroots organizations.
• The networking with local and national
  organizations.
• STEP is self sufficient in human potential by
  volunteers and local Community participation.
• The Team of STEP and Local community is committed
  to facilitate the grassroots community for the
  Education and social
• Transformation for the environmental Prosperity
• Starting from the self identifying, self
  supported developmental activities and programs.
• The main objective of this report is to keep
  members and supporters aware of STEP activities,
  problems encountered, objectives,
• and local activities with the communities.
• STEP would like to thank the Team of STEP and
  Community day and night efforts, all the members
  who contribute and provide
• Finical and moral support for the betterment of
  deprived community of the Society.
• BACKGROUND-
• Social Transformation Educational prosperity-
  STEP is a small organization working with
  grassroots communities of Faisalabad
• slum

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• Contents of STEP Activities-
• Local Activities with community
• Health Activities
• Education and Training
• Capacity Building Work shops and Training
• National and International days Celebration
• Youth
• Women
• Collaboration with local NGOs and CBOs
• Environment /Agriculture (Meeting with farmers
  (Kisan)
• Peace and Harmony Activities
• Old Age care Center
• Work plan for the Rehabilitation for disables
• Failures /Problems encountered during this year
• Future Evaluation and Plans
• Resources of STEP
• Organizational Structure

STEP President during Local Community meeting
Community month meeting with STEP.
Community meetings with local Community- STEP
has continue monthly meetings with the local
level community for the betterment and
development Activities identified by the
community
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Community meetings with local
Community-STEP has continue monthly meetings
with the local level community for the betterment
and development Activities identified by the
community.In this monthly meeting, there are
some issues which are discussed and planed for
their collective Development.There were main
issues for the year of 2006.Community Awareness
meetings on monthly basis Advantages of
Education and future plansHow sports create
positive thinking , youthfuture Youth personal
grooming planning and their Tendency.Christmas
Celebration with CommunitySummary-STEP is
working with the different areas and community of
Faisalabad at grass root level.With the monthly
meeting with old people, youth and
children.There were many issues discussed and
nominated problems and issues.Thecommunitysharedth
eirideasandfinally those problems brought in the,
Seminars, rally, Sportsand in Exhibitions.Thecomm
unity discussed their problems that how they are
lacking in EducationalOpportunitiesEmployment
opportunities Girls/Boys Skilled
trainingsHealthfacilitiesLeadershiptrainings
Peace and Harmony Social and Economic
issuesResults-The community themselves
Finalized that their unity and continually
meetings with STEP Organization Contribution and
efforts will change the destiny from darkness to
light.
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Health Activities-Participants
of the child prevention day STEP has started
Awareness Programs in the local areas where
there Poor health, less income, less space to
live and more children.STEP during child
prevention daySTEP has Started Seminars, Door to
door Campaign and rally for awareness.One day
Seminar about the awareness and precautions upon
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever at local level.Themes
were how people can keep their house clean,
cover drinking water, and clean the fungus
(Plants-bottles) under the plants.Organized by
STEP on Saturday 28th 2006.The main motive was
to provide information about the mosquitoes and
Dengue fever and provide guidance how they can
save their self from this disease.
STEP during child prevention day
Participant of child prevention
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• HIV/AIDS Awareness program with Local Community
  of Faisalabad Pakistan.
• (Human Immune Virus) awareness and general
  Precautions.
• The motives - on 1st of December 2006
• Introduction of HIV/AIDS Awareness and
  precautions.
• To Provide Facts and figures of AIDS patients
  International, National and at local level.
• Motivation to utilized local resources for better
  health.
• Participation of local NGOs CBOs and new
  Generation community groups.
• Safety precautions awareness for the better
  health of the new Generation.
• Awareness program for the women against some
  fatal Diseases.
• Family planning and Awareness
• Poor health
• Infant deaths and disability
• Door to door awareness volunteers meetings.
• The population of Pakistan is 165,803,560
  (according to the July 2006 estimate).
• Population growth rate is 2.09.
• HIV/AIDS-Adult Prevalence rate 0.1 (according to
  the 2001 estimated)
• People are living with HIV/AIDS 74,000 (according
  to the 2001 estimated)
• HIV/AIDS-deaths 4,900(according to the 2003
  estimated now there will be more then this).
• There are about 40 million people living with
  HIV/AIDS.

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Globally only 1.3 million people have access to
treatment HIV/AIDS is increasing in every region
in the world.
Participant of different local organization
during capacity building program
Capacity Building Work shop Collaboration
with Local organization.

• STEP participated Capacity building programs with
  AWARD Association Faisalabad with different work
  shops.
• Project Proposal report writing
• Basic book keep
• Community organization
• Evaluation and Monitoring

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• The president of STEP, General Secretary and
  Finance Secretary participated in Capacity
  building one year program.
• Objectives of the Program
• To arrange work shop for local youth groups and
  NGOs
• To provide plat form for guidance
• To provide basic practical practice
• To amplify the hidden qualities in social groups
  and emphasized on team work.
• Educational Activities-STEP is very active in
  Formal education the school (Mashal-e-Rah model
  school) has become very popular in the local
  community.People of the area felt improvement and
  changing in their kids.
• We could not establish more classes due to lack
  of funds for the school
• There was improvement in Adult education more
  young girls have started to come in the evening
  time in the beginning there were 13 girls but now
  there are 23 girls and young boys.
• There is also information education for the
  school dropouts and working boys.
• We have our emphasized upon skilled education
  soon computer education Beauty saloon Education
  and courses.
• National and International Days Celebration-

• Motives of the International Days Celebration-
• The main focus of the STEP to motivate the
  people.
• To provide Facts and figure to the Local
  community.

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• NGOs and CBOs participations
• Arrangement of sharing lobbying,

To arrange the plat form for the local

• Impacts of the Programs-
• People know the value of these days in their
  local language
• They share with each other their qualities
• They know each other in the better way
• They know their basic rights.
• Work for the Women and youth
• STEP has main focus on youth of which is
  tomorrows future
• Deprived women of the society are also getting
  the advantage of getting adult education and
  others skilled Trainings.
• Collaboration with Local NGOs-
• STEP has Joint the cluster of the local
  Organization for the different Activities
  Combine.
• STEP in the Field of Agriculture-
• STEP using the local sources with Kissan in the
  agriculture field.
• Provided seed to the poor farmer to start their
  work
• Trees for the plantation to make free our country
  from Pollution.
• Peace and Harmony Activities-
• STEP has arranged different peace rallies among
  different religions
• and Sects.
• Failures /Problems encountered-
• In 2006 STEP has achieved lot of success with it
  there are problems encountered

Women s day participant organized by STEP
STEP member having group exercise during women
day seminar